Male Sterility in Tomato

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-53

  German, Susan W ^a   McCormick, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional mutants; Hybrid seed; Pollen; Sporogenous mutants; Sporophytic genes; Structural mutants; Tapetum

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0002725661     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689709701945     Document Type: Article

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